Woman accused of stealing from Shrewsbury nursing home faced same charge in Worcester

WORCESTER — A Millbury woman accused of stealing roughly $6,500 from an assisted living and nursing home in Shrewsbury already faced identical charges here in the city when she was recently charged in the neighboring town.

Court records show and Shrewsbury police have confirmed that the Jennifer Remuck, charged this week in Westboro District Court with stealing thousands from Southgate at Shrewsbury, is the same woman who was charged with stealing thousands from a Worcester nursing center.

Ms. Remuck, 40, of 17B Old Common Road, Millbury was charged earlier this year in Central District Court with larceny over $250 by a single scheme. She was released on personal recognizance in that case. She goes back to court on July 31.

Investigators in both Shrewsbury and Worcester allege Ms. Remuck used stolen money make credit card and car payments.

In the Worcester case, investigators were called to Blaire House of Worcester in July 2012 after officials there discovered during an internal audit that roughly $15,000 had been stolen from patients' accounts.

The investigation found funds had been misappropriated from December 2010 to December 2011. Detectives found the amount was $14,482 and there had been 45 separate transactions.

Ms. Remuck, an officer manager at the Blaire House starting in 2005 had voluntarily left her job there in January 2012. One of her responsibilities had been to manage the residents' personal needs accounts. Patients funded those accounts for their personal care and other needs, according to police.

Detectives said she admitted stealing the money. Authorities allege Ms. Remuck used the money to pay her creditors and to make four car payments.

Blaire House repaid the money stolen from the residents' accounts, court records show.

Ms. Remuck had been working as a business office manager at the Shrewsbury location since December 2011 when authorities allege she stole roughly $6,500 to pay for her car loan and credit cards, records in Westboro District Court show.

The human resources director at Southgate discovered the theft in March, according to records, and Ms. Remuck was terminated. Records show her duties were to pay bills, make deposits and reconcile bank accounts.

Besides using misappropriated money to pay her car loan, an internal audit also discovered that Ms. Remuck wrote 13 checks totaling $3,510 to make credit card payments, authorities allege. One of the checks was allegedly to pay for car repairs.

She was arraigned Monday in Westboro District Court on a charge of larceny over $250 by a single scheme. She returns to court Aug. 9.